The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-15
FARM AND eiRssIDs.
Y to prevent illness.

Try to prevent illness.
Milk will usually remove ink stains.
-Hellebore sprinkled on the floor at
night destroys cockroaches. They eat
it and are poisoned.
"A good cement to close the cracks
in stoves is made BY mixing wood ashes
and salt.
Have fruit on -FOUR table all the
year round. 1t will pay in health.
which is wealth. Raise it on your own
farm.
1t has been stated on good author
ity that if salt be sprinkled on the floor
before putting down the carpet the
buffalo bug will not harbor there. The
experiment can be easily tried.-BOStors
Budget.
Instead of plugging up the hole for
wood screw. from which the thread
has drawn out, with wood, it is said If
plugged with cork that it makes much
better job.
Mock Mince Meat: One and one
half cups powdered crackers, one cup
each molasses, chopped raisins and
vinegar, two cups sugar, one-half cup
warm water, same of melted butter,
one cup currants if desired, one tea
spoon each of cloves, cinnamon and
nutmeg. -Erchange
Rice Pie: To quart of boiling
water add a teacup of rice and boil I'M
Ill very soft; remove it from the fire
and add a quart of cold milk, a tea
spoon of salt. five beaten eggs sugar
to taste and flavor with nutmeg; bake
in deep plates with an undercrust.-
Detroit Free Press.
All the farm implements should
now be taken apart and well cleaned.
Rub kerosene on the iron portions rs Il
protection against dampness and rust.
Knives should be sharpened, and all
such work performed, while other farm
work is not urgent.
In work published in Germany
by two experienced seedsmen, eight
years is given as the limit of the vitality
of most seeds; and it is said that, as 4
rule, the seeds which. when planted.
terminate most quickly, are those which
keep longest. According to the same
book. rhubarb is unknown as food
plant in many parts of the German
Empire.-M Y Ledger.
-Damson Cheese: Put damsons in
covered jar, stand i'll saucepan of
boiling water for several hours, beat
through colander till only stones and
skins are left; one-half pound sugar to
one of liquid; simmer half an hour.
blanch the kernels and add some of
them; put up in small jars or shapes.
Invalids usually like the acid of this
preserve, and rs it turns out so well it
looks y pretty DISH Boston Budget.
-Molasses Gingerbread Stir as
much flour as you can into cup of
molasscs. Beat briskly then one min
ute, after which add cup of boiling
water in which one teaspoon of baking
soda has been dissolved. After stirring
one minute, add one-half teaspoon salt,
three teaspoons ground ginger, and
three tablespoons of butter. Bake in
shallow tin in rather quick Oven.-Good
Cheer.
The parings of ounces, apples.
pears, when thoroughly boiled in water
enough to cover, make an excellent
Jelly. This is an item worth remem-
boring when fruit is high and scarce.
Jelly which is not very firm can be set
aside for spreading on jelly cakes. Bits
of jelly left over from the table may be
whipped with the white of an egg and
little lemon juice until quite white
and stiff; then set away in a cool place
and use on pudding as a meringue.-
indianapolis Journal.
No vegetable has been more inn
proved than the common tomato. Forty
or more years ago they were seedy,
wa:ery and of little value. For time
the chief attempt 20 improve them was
in securing extra early varieties. Now
firmness of flesh and comparative free
dom from seeds are bred for. Some of
the best varieties have so much sub
stance in their flesh that they make ex-
cellent preserves. For canning they
are also much better than the thin,
watery sorts.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.